German General. Otto Heidkämper entered the Army at the end of the first war as a Fahnenjunker in the 10th Pioneer Replacement Battalion in November 1918, age 17 and was a short time in the fields with this Battalion. Heidkämper was allowed in the new Reichswehr and with the beginning of World War II he as an Adjutant with the Chief of Operations in the General Staff of the 2nd Light Division, until October 1939. The same position in the 7th Panzer Division under Erwin Rommel, until November 1940 and the same position then in the 4th Panzer Division, he succeeded General der Panzertruppen Heinrich Eberbach until April 1942 , under General Boineburg-Lengsfeld and General Dietrich von Saucken. He again was in the Führer Reserve from March 1943 until May 1943 and assigned as the Chief of Staff of the 3rd Panzer Army under Generaloberst Hans Georg Reinhardt, meanwhile a Major General to September 1944. Chief of GS of the Army Group Centre and promoted to Lieutenant General in November 1944. Chief of GS of Army Group North, to January 1945 and in the infamous Führer Reserve again until April 1945. Commander of the Section Geysing with Commander Erz Mountain under SS General Hermann Hoth to April 1945. His last command was of the 464th Infantry Division to May 1945 and landed in American captivity.
German General. Otto Heidkämper entered the Army at the end of the first war as a Fahnenjunker in the 10th Pioneer Replacement Battalion in November 1918, age 17 and was a short time in the fields with this Battalion. Heidkämper was allowed in the new Reichswehr and with the beginning of World War II he as an Adjutant with the Chief of Operations in the General Staff of the 2nd Light Division, until October 1939. The same position in the 7th Panzer Division under Erwin Rommel, until November 1940 and the same position then in the 4th Panzer Division, he succeeded General der Panzertruppen Heinrich Eberbach until April 1942 , under General Boineburg-Lengsfeld and General Dietrich von Saucken. He again was in the Führer Reserve from March 1943 until May 1943 and assigned as the Chief of Staff of the 3rd Panzer Army under Generaloberst Hans Georg Reinhardt, meanwhile a Major General to September 1944. Chief of GS of the Army Group Centre and promoted to Lieutenant General in November 1944. Chief of GS of Army Group North, to January 1945 and in the infamous Führer Reserve again until April 1945. Commander of the Section Geysing with Commander Erz Mountain under SS General Hermann Hoth to April 1945. His last command was of the 464th Infantry Division to May 1945 and landed in American captivity.
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